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This postgraduate fellowship program invites physicians from within Harvard institutions to engage with local and international experts to develop leadership and patient safety skills. Fellows will be assigned a mentor to work on frontline improvement activities to develop patient safety competencies. The process for submitting an application for the 2019 program is now closed.

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This one-year degree program will train clinicians and health care executives to lead safety and quality improvement initiatives. Participants will learn how to develop and implement policies, integrate health care technologies, assess risk, and measure progress.

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Diagnostic error has become an explicit focus of improvement and educational efforts in health care. This online program provides an information about diagnostic error and reviews cognitive and system issues that can contribute to mistakes.

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Falls are a primary focus of quality and patient safety improvement efforts in hospitals. This training program provides educational webinars and implementation guidance to help hospitals use an AHRQ toolkit to decrease risk of falls. The toolkit draws from a 2-year pilot project that achieved sustained improvements for organizations in the program.

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The TeamSTEPPS program was developed to support effective communication and teamwork in health care. This curriculum offers training for participants to implement TeamSTEPPS in their organizations. The course includes evidence reviews, trainer guidance, measurement tools, and a pocket guide for frontline staff.

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Simulation training enables learning from mistakes without the potential for patient harm. This multidisciplinary degree program blends online and classroom learning opportunities with a focus on how to utilize simulation as an educational tool to enhance teamwork, debriefing, and leadership skills.

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This online education program will present both group-focused and self-paced opportunities for participants to learn how to apply TeamSTEPPS 2.0 curriculum methods to develop staff training and improve team communication in their organizations.

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The author provides a comprehensive introduction to adverse drug events (ADEs), their impact, and strategies to prevent them. Nursing continuing education credits are available for the test on page 62.

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This curriculum was developed based on the authors' experiences in patient safety educational efforts. The content covers ethical issues, management of medical error, the personal effect of error on physicians, prevention of medical error, and how to educate students about patient safety.